I don't think you've said anything about financials. I am refering to the people who say that it's financially sound to go third party.

If Nintendo went third party, you would have to buy a console not made by them to get the games you want.  

That's why "I like the fact I can choose a console I want to buy". See what I did?

User moderated - Bristow9091

A bigger install base does matter. It's not 1 for 1 as that all means varied taste. 

But to increase the install base by 1000% would increase sales massively. Obviously not by 1000%. But let's look at Mario Kart 8. It sold 7.35million a massive number for Wii I system. I guarantee with PS4 XB1 and Steam it would've done at the extreme least 20 million. 

And keeping their handheld business that prints money would also be great for them. 

Honestly, Nintendo as a third party developer would be the worst thing possible for video games. Nintendo has always led in innovation. Not saying Sega/Sony/MS haven't or don't innovate at all, but compared to Nintendo they don't do much. Sony/MS basically just make more powerful systems, or they add in stuff that's already been done by Nintendo (analog stick, rumble, motion controls, etc) or that is being done already by other companies (VR).

I'm at the point where I could care less how powerful a system is, hell I got to that point by pretty much the Gamecube and Xbox. With those systems I was like wow graphics don't really need to be any better than this. Sure I appreciate current day amazing cutting edge graphics, but video games don't need to be realistic looking to be good. The difference between the graphics of a Switch and a PS4 is kinda just like, "oh yeah ps4 looks better, cool, that's nice".

Anyways, if there is one of the big three that it wouldn't really hurt the industry if they disappeared it's Microsoft. MS and Sony are basically playing the same game: get the most powerful system out there. But besides the 360/ps3 when their sales were basically equal for that gen, Sony always destroys MS. MS systems are just a less popular version of Sony systems. It's redundant. Since the Wii Nintendo has done different and interesting stuff, not always successfully (Wii U), but with every system (Wii, Wii U, Switch, DS, less so with the 3DS which was more gimmicky upgrade to the DS) they try to come at the market with something new. And especially these days with diminishing returns on graphics, Nintendo's innovation and pursuit of giving gamers new experiences will be more important than ever.

If Nintendo were to ever go third party that would be a sign that the industry is not going to grow anymore because you'd be left with two companies giving you the exact same experience, only slightly improved from their last offering.

wow thats a shitty argument, when did i say any game would sell 0 zero by being on PS/XB/PC? i said there is nothing to suggest that a Nintendo game would sell significantly higher on PS/XB/PC compared to Nintendo hardware.

how does releasing 3 multiplat games a year make mose sense than releasing those games on their own hardware? by releasing them on their own hardware they potentially move more hardware & accessories while also eliminating the need to pay royalties.